01/20/13 - NNHS Newsletter -
Bonnie Blue Flag

“I think if we are realistic, the South - the old Confederate states - really only has one entirely unique feature
that other parts of the country don't have, and that is this nearly 400-year history of tremendous intimacy,
in every sense of the word, good and evil, between two very different kinds of peoples: people who were
brought here against their wishes from Africa and a largely Anglo-white population.”

- Reynolds Price
(01 Feb 1933 - 20 Jan 2011)

Hurrah! Hurrah!

For Southern Rights, Hurrah!

Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag

That bears a Single Star!^[2][3]

The Bonnie Blue Flag holds special significance to the Texas brigade...
 

"The Bonnie Blue Flag" holds special significance to the Texas brigade. The song was premiered by lyricist Harry McCarthy during a concert in Jackson, Mississippi, in the spring of 1861 and performed again in September of that same year at the New Orleans Academy of Music for the First Texas Volunteer Infantry regiment mustering in celebration.^{[citation needed]}

The New Orleans music publishing house of A.E. Blackmar issued six editions of "The Bonnie Blue Flag" between 1861 and 1864 along with three additional arrangements. The "Band of Brothers" mentioned in the first line of the song is a reference to the St. Crispin's day speech in William Shakespeare's play Henry V...

January 20, 1941 - A German officer was murdered in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.

January 20, 1942 - At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discussed the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".

January 20, 1944 - The British RAF dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.

January 20, 1945 - Hungary agreed to an armistice with the Allies.

January 20, 1945 - Germany began the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which would take nearly two months.

Sunday, January 20, 1963 - Actor James Denton was born James Thomas Denton, Jr. in Nashville, Tennessee.

   

   Thank you so very much, Dimples! We deeply appreciate that! I echo your sentiments about Butch - he absolutely boggles my mind!

   But don't worry?!? Why, Dimples, I do it so very well! In fact, it's one of my greatest talents! Aren't we supposed to magnify and enlarge our gifts and talents?!?

To get a view of inside of bus, click: www.dmoesta.com

Courage is admitting that you're
Afraid and facing that fear directly.
It's being strong enough to ask for help
And humble enough to accept it.



Courage is standing up for what you
Believe in without worrying about the
Opinions of others.



It's following your own heart,
Living your own life,
And settling for nothing less than
The best for yourself.



Courage is daring to take a first
Step, a big leap, or a different path.
It's attempting to do something that
No one has done before, and
All others thought impossible.



Courage is keeping heart in the face
Of disappointment, and looking at defeat
Not as an end but as a new beginning.
It believes that things will ultimately
Get better even as they get worse.



Courage is being responsible for your
Own actions, and admitting your own
Mistakes without placing blame on
Others. It's relying not on others for
Your success, but on your own skills
And efforts.



Courage is refusing to quit even when
You're intimidated by impossibility.
It's choosing a goal, sticking with it,
And finding solutions to the problems.



Courage is thinking big, aiming high,
And shooting far. It's taking a dream
And doing anything, risking everything,
And stopping at nothing
To make it a reality...

http://www.southernplate.com/2009/02/memes-mashed-potatoes.html - Christy Jordan's MeMe’s Mashed Potatoes - "Mashed potatoes are the perfect comfort food dish and our entire family insists that my grandmother make them whenever we have a big dinner."

http://www.southernplate.com/2009/06/sweet-and-sour-green-beans.html - Christy Jordan's Sweet And Sour Green Beans - "This is one of those recipes that was told to me over the phone, beginning with 'You fry you up some bacon…'. Now in my experience, any recipe that begins with those instructions is gonna be good."

http://www.southernplate.com/2009/08/drop-biscuits-and-how-your-mama-did-it-just-right.html - Christy Jordan's Drop Biscuits – And How Your Mama Did It Just Right - "This is a recipe that is always considered a treat at my house, met with the same zeal as a dessert even though it is just a bread..."

Two roofers, Larry and Joe were on the roof laying tile, when a sudden wind gust came and knocked down their ladder.

“I have an idea” said Larry. “We’ll throw you down, and then you can pick up the ladder.”

“What, do you think I’m stupid? I have an idea,” said Joe. “I’ll shine my flashlight, and you can climb down on the beam of light.”

“What, do you think I’m stupid? “You’ll just turn off the flashlight when I’m halfway there.”